Structure for operating upon cigar wrappings



A. E. MASPONS. STRUCTURE FOR OPERATING UPO N CIGAR WRAPPINGS. -APPUCATION man FEB. n, 1920.

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Patented May 30, 1922; V

ALBERT E. ETASPONS, OF E IIILADELPI-TIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STRUCTURE FOR OPERATING UPQN GTGAR- WRAP?INGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .lIay 80, 1922.

Application filed February 11, 1929. Serial No. 357,986.

To all MAO??? it may comer-n Be it'lrnown that l. ilJBERT E. ii Lrsrorts, a citizen oi the United. rltates, residing in the elty and county of Philadelphia, State oi Pennsylvania. have 1]1\'Q.11t8=l new and useful iinprm'emcnts in Structures for Ur I C "y", H .1 mating .pon agar iappings. 0. nuui the following a specification.

My invention relates to wrapping cigars with tin foil or equivalent. and relates more particularly to operations performed upon the foil at the ends of the cigar where it attains considerable thickness by over-folding, crumpling or the like incident to folding or twisting the foil to complete the en respectively, of structure for operating upon the foil upon the head end of a cigar.

Figs. 3 and 4: are sectional and end views, respectively, of similar structure for operating upon the tuck end.

Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional and end views, respectively. of modified structure for operating upon the head end of a cigar.

Figs. 7 and 8 are sectional and end views, respectively, of a modified. structure for operating upon the tuck end of a cigar.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view of structure similar to Fig. 1 showing a cigar and its foil wrapping receiving treatment.

Referring to 9, C is a cigar which has been rolled in a sheet of tin foil F, the latter being creased and folded and. worked down over the head or point of the cigar and so becoming more or less crumpled and forming a considerable mass of foil in excess of that suitable or desired for the finished product. The extreme end of the :foil is operated upon by the cutter edges 0, which are rotated. with respect to the foil and cigar. so shaving or cutting oif small fragments of foil and reducing the excess until there is practically remaining only suflicient foil closely to conform to the shape of the cigar head.

The cutter edges are formed in a thimble or shell T conforming substantially with the head of the cigar, the smooth portion of the thimble to the right of the cutter edges 0 smoothing down or molding the foil of a cigar head which is not operated upon by the cutters. i

The cigar and its foil iviil'pifillltl' are preferably held stationary while the thiinble T rotates, either continuously in one direction or by backward and forward rotary oscillations. It will be understood, however, that the thimble T may be stationary and the cigar and its wrappingrotated or oscillated. Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the thimble T is shown as integral with the rim or flange f, though they may be separate and suitably attached to each other. The cutting edges 0 may be formed in any suitable way. In the example illustrated they are formed at the point of the thimble by crossed slots whose edges are SlllllClBlltly sharp for cutting or shaving the tin foil, the removed toil finding egress through the slots or perforations.

The thimble is supported by the flange 7, which is held by a cage comprising the fingers b upstanding from the base or dish a. Screws (Z are preferably employed for holding the thimble to the fingers Z). the screws extending tl'irough the fingers and threaded into the flange or rim 7 of the thimble.

The structure may be rotated by any suitable means, as for crcan'iple, a snaft 0 threadcd into the dish of. the axis of rotation of the shaft 0 being co-incident with the axis of the thimble T.

In Figs. 3 and 41- the structure is similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, except that the thimble is of differentshape, frusto-conical, for operating upon the toil upon the tuck or opposite end of a cigar from that o erated upon in the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In this case the cutting slots are in the flat portion 5/ of the thimble T. In conse quence the foil on the tuck end only of the cigar is operated upon, though the inner surface of the conical portion of the thimble T may. it desired, be employed to smooth or mold the foil adjacent the tuck end.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the structure is similar to that shown in Fig. 1, except cutting edges are procured by a series of holes 5 suitable in number and suitably positioned. The general efl'ect and mode of operation, however, is the same.

. rolled up in a sheet of tin foil or equivalent,

In Figs. 7' and 8 the structure is similar to that shown in Figs. 3 and i, except the cutting edges are, as in Figs. 5 and 6, the edges of holes 2' in the base portion of the thimble T.

,According to my invention, the cigar is the foil being pressed and formed around the cigar and at the ends twisted and folded or crumpled to form close contact therewith, and then the head and tuck ends are operated upon as described to remove excess foil and mold and work it and form it into position in close contact With the cigar itself, hiding or filling imperfections, if any, in the cigar itself, and so producing a finished product which is neat and pleasing in ap- .pearance and yet effectively enveloping or enclosing the cigar even at its ends in the foil wrapping.

While I have herein referred to a cutting edge as formed at or by the perforation in the thimble, it will be understood that the edge of the perforation, while preferabl Sharp and cutter-like, may nevertheless be more or less blunt or rounded, in which case also'by friction or other actioi'i small particles of foil Will be abraded or removed and effect the end sought.

What I claim is:

1. Structure for dressing the foil upon the end of a foil-wrapped cigar comprising athimble rotatable with respect to the cigar and conforming substantially to the shape of the cigar end, and foil-removing means in said thimble, said thimble having a foil-discharging aperture.

2. Structure for dressing the foil upon the end of a foil-wrapped cigar comprising a re cessed member rotatable with respect to the cigar and adapted to receive the foil-covered cigar end and having perforation forming a cutting edge.

3. Structure for dressing the foil upon the end of a foil-Wrapped cigar comprisii'i a recessed member adapted to receive the foilcovered cigar end and having a perforation forming a cutting edge, and means for retatlng said member,

4. Structure for dressing the foil upon the end of a. foil-wrapped cigar comprising a recessed member adapted to receive the foil covered cigar end, and foil removing means in said thimble, said thimble having a foildischargingperforation, and rotatable means for supporting said member to allow free egress of removed foil.

5. Structure for dressing the foil upon the end of a foil-wrapped cigar comprisi a thimble having perforations, a flange on said thimble, fingers supporting said flange, a base supporting said fing rs, and means for rotating said base.

Structure for dressing the foil upon the end of a foil-wrapped cigar comprising a cage, means for rotating said cage, a thimble whose end is disposed within said cage and free of the sides thereof, perforations in the free end of said thimble, and means supporting said thimble at its other end on said cage.

7. Structure for dressing the foil upon the end of a foil-wrapped cigar comprising a member having a recess adapted to receive the foil-covered cigar end, the wall of said recess comprising a surface of revolution for smoothing the foil, and means for retating said member with respect to the cigar.

8. Structure for working the foil upon the end of a foil-Wrapped cigar comprising a member havinga recess adapted to receive the foil-covered cigar end, said member hav' ing an aperture adjacent the bottom of said recess forming a cutting edge substantially flushv with the inner surface of said recess, and means for causing relative rotation between said member and the foil.

9-. Structure for dressing the foil upon a foilevrapped cigar comprising a member rotatable with respect to the cigar and having a recess adapted to receive the foil-wrapped cigar, said recess having a wall for smoothing the foil, and. said member having an aperture forming a foil-removing edge In testimony whereof I have hereunto atfixed my signature this 10th day. of February, 1920.

ALBERT E. h IASPONS. 

